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[trans-plant, -plahnt, trans-plant, -plahnt] / trænsˈplænt, -ˈplɑnt, ˈtrænsˌplænt, -ˌplɑnt /


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The couple's son Brandon, 17, said it was "amazing" to see his mum on the road to recovery after the transplant.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

"Runner," an action comedy led by Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, debuted in fourth place, with the heroes fighting a cartel to get a sick young girl a lifesaving organ transplant.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

A heart transplant is currently the only cure for heart failure.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

In 1983 an 8-year-old girl with SCD and leukemia received a bone-marrow transplant from her brother.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

“They had to do a piggyback transplant on him.”

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

Stem cell transplants may be able to repair damage caused by stroke, according to researchers at the University of Zurich.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

College-educated transplants would flood to the orbits of Austin, Houston, and Dallas.

From Slate Sep. 21, 2026

Emery said some of her 40-something patients are now on the list for double lung transplants, their only real hope of survival.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The NHS transplants one in 10 lungs and one in seven hearts that are donated - half the proportions seen in some other countries.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

MacGregor had created a clone so he could have transplants when he needed them.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

The results suggest that the transplanted cells do more than simply replace neurons lost after a stroke.

From Science Daily Sep. 22, 2026

A kidney transplanted from a pig has worked inside a patient for 271 days – the longest on record, say US doctors.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The feat followed trial and error that initially saw him mollycoddle corals in stress-free environments, but those easily perished in the ocean once transplanted.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

The researchers transplanted APCs from both young and older mice into a separate group of young mice.

From Science Daily Jun. 27, 2026

He was the only mushroom in the garden who had not been transplanted, the only one who truly belonged exactly where he was.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

But is transplanting staff at the heart of government part of a bigger strategy?

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

In practice, he argues, many innovations grow out of existing ones, often by borrowing or transplanting concepts from one field to another.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

She was a master gardener, expert at transplanting Japanese maples, according to her neighbor, Patty Hall.

From Los Angeles Times May 15, 2025

Another team in China previously reported transplanting such a liver into a patient who had been declared brain-dead.

From Science Magazine Jun. 5, 2024

She invited my mother over for cards and scrapbooking parties and book club meetings, but Mom was too busy transplanting hearts.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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